Nintendo denies reports of Wii U production ending this week

A Nintendo spokesperson has confirmed the company has no plans to cease the production of its Wii U console.

Japanese publication IT Media spoke with a Nintendo spokesperson, who says reports of it ending production of the Wii U are not true. “There is no change to our continuing [Wii U] production. Even though the Nintendo Switch is slated to go on sale, [Wii U] production is scheduled to continue,” the spokesperson says.

While Nintendo says it won’t be ceasing the production of the Wii U, many can see the writing on the wall as the company has said in the past it will be cutting supply as well as selling a limited number of units in 2016. With the Switch coming soon, we’re sure we’ll hear something official from Nintendo in the very near future.

tl;dr: the comment sounds like pure spin and not actual confirmation that production is not going to stop soon.

ehhhh... assuming the accuracy of the translation, unless this was a comment from the US side, "[Wii U] production is scheduled to continue" literally means it's "currently" scheduled to continue until it isn't; which could still be the end of the week.

I mean, really, Nintendo wouldn't confirm such a rumor just before the holiday buying season.

Not sure, but my guess is that they've already made 99% of the money they'll every make from the Wii U, so they really want to have it down to only a few spaces for Wii U games by the time march comes around